The art will be sold along with pieces by Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, Charles M. Schulz and others SLIDE SHOW

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Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, first edition, signed and inscribed with a drawing, New York, 1963. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000. (Credit: Swann Auction Galleries)

A rare collection of illustrations by the late beloved children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak is about to go on sale in New York. The collection was consigned to Swann Auction Galleries from the the wife of Sendak’s late friend Reed Orenstein, the latter having forged a lifelong friendship with the writer. Among other original illustrations, Orenstein’s collection contains a signed first edition copy of Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” and eight pencil sketches Sendak drew for his animated CBS show “Really Rosie,” which aired in 1975.

The items go on auction Jan. 24 along with art from other greats, including Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter, “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, and many others, some of which are featured below:

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Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel], A Pair of Llamas in Peru, mixed media on board. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000. According to the catalog, "Peru was the inspiration for several images" Seuss made between 1932 and 1934, when he visited with his wife, Helen.

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Michael Hague. "The Hobbit"; watercolor for the J.R.R. Tolkien classic. 280 x 175 mm; 11 x 7 inches; signed in full in ink lower left. Estimate $1,000-1,500. Gandalf, Bilbo and a few of the 13 dwarves with the Lonely Mountain in the distance.

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Michael Hague. "The Lord of the Rings." Watercolor for J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring." 280 x 175 mm; 11 x 7 inches. Signed in full in ink lower right. Estimate $1,000-1,500. Gandalf battles the Balrog in the Mines of Moria.

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Airplane Contrails: Globalized transportation networks, especially commercial aviation, are a major contributor of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Photo of contrails in the west London sky over the River Thames, London, England.

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Fire: More frequent and more intense wildfires (such as this one in Colorado, USA) are another consequence of a warming planet.